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Stephen Bear reveals money-making scheme in bid to pay Georgia Harrison £27k

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If he fails to cough up the cash, Bear could find himself behind bars again
If he fails to cough up the cash, Bear could find himself behind bars again

STEPHEN Bear has revealed his latest money-making scheme in a desperate attempt to pay the £27k he owes Georgia Harrison.

Bear, 34, was released from prison in January, just 10 months into his sentence for sharing a sex tape of his Towie ex Georgia, 29.

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Stephen Bear has revealed his latest money-making scheme to pay Georgia Harrison backCredit: PA
Bear is trying to make ends meet by selling tracksuits
Bear is trying to make ends meet by selling tracksuitsCredit: www.mexicancarteldrip.com

A judge last week ordered the reality star to stump up the money on top of the £207,000 he was told to pay in a separate civil case after leaking the video on his OnlyFans page.

But, if he fails to cough up the cash, he could find himself behind bars again.

The Sun can reveal Bear is now trying to make ends meet by selling a range of tracksuits, which he bought from Temu for £11.95 and embossed with the words “Mexican Cartel”.

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He’s then flogging them for upwards of £29 on Instagram and a website set up in February.

This means he’d have to sell 1,000 copies of the branded gear, which is made in his parents’ home.

The disgraced reality star is modelling the range online, covering up his whole body apart from his eyes.

He reveals how the range has been designed and made with embossing equipment, which appears to have been set up in the bedroom he’s living in at his parents’ home in Walthamstow.

It’s clear Bear is the one in all the videos and photos due to his hand tattoos and gold watch, which he was wearing for all his latest court appearances.

In one shot his hand tattoo of a dog or wolf barking can be seen as he shows off “Cuban bracelets".

The trainers he’s wearing for the “photoshoot” are ones he wore for a recent visit to Chingford police station - necessary as he’s on the sex offenders list - and a trip to Aldi to buy a £3.79 pizza.

Bear has made way less than he thought from the sale of his end-terraced house in Loughton, Essex.

He was forced to put it on sale to pay for the damages and also had a county court judgement against him for a missing £15,000 worth of mortgage repayments.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner put the three-bed property on the market for £525,000, but land registry docs reveal he only received £400,000 - £75,000 less than he paid for it in 2018.

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His lawyer admitted in court that he still made £60,000 from the sale, which means he must have put down a hefty deposit of well over £115,000.

It comes after Bear yelled at Georgia as she opened up about her sex tape hell last week.

A judge had ordered him to pay the two separate orders of £22,305 in confiscation and £5,000 in compensation.

Speaking after the case, she said she would be giving some of the money to charities who supported her during the ordeal.

Georgia earlier told Chelmsford Crown Court how the leaked tape left her feeling the "lowest" she had ever been.

YELLING IN COURT

As she revealed how Bear has not shown "any remorse or apologised", he shouted out: "How am I meant to apologise? I have a restraining order. I would be nicked."

Andrew Bousfield, prosecuting, said he could have said sorry through his barrister, adding: "The more Mr Bear speaks the more comes out about his character too."

Georgia bravely revealed how she had "lived in fear" over the tape and told the court she "hated herself" for it.

She added: "This whole situation has had a massive effect on every aspect of my life. It put me back financially and has had a huge effect emotionally.

"One thing that will always really affect me is that if one day I want to have children that footage is still out there and will always be out there. He made money from the video which I do not think is fair."

The Love Island star also revealed how she suffered a loss of earnings from the video as she opened up about the ordeal.

She said brands withdrew from working with her but the emotional damage was worse than the financial effect on her life.

Georgia said: "I was at the lowest I have ever been. Imagine everyone talking about it. I could not go to the gym or bars. Everyone was talking about it.

"Imagine walking into a room where you do not know them, but they have seen you in a sexual act. That’s what I have had to endure and it will impact me for the rest of my life. Effectively I’ve been put into the porn industry.

"I have had to live in fear knowing this would come out and that my family and everyone I know would see it. When it did come out it was the worst feeling possible.

"I hated myself and really blamed myself for putting myself in that position with the individual. It changed the way I looked at myself and the world. I had a much more innocent view of the world.

"It changed that I looked at myself as a person. I have built myself up but for a very long time it really ruined me. I would cry myself to sleep."

'BILLIONAIRE'

Self-proclaimed "billionaire" Bear previously claimed he was on Jobseeker's Allowance and could only afford to pay £10-a-week due to his financial struggles.

The disgraced reality star, who was jailed for 21 months over the sex tape, allegedly has just “£60,000 in a house and little else" to his name.

Bear, who sold his home while in prison, indicated he "doesn’t want a single penny" to go to his ex-girlfriend.

He was also accused of "dancing in the shadows" as Mr Bousfield previously said Bear has refused to give any evidence on his profits.

At the time the video was uploaded, he was "pretending to be a billionaire on his Twitter account" selling sexual content.

But Financial Investigator Laura Mackenzie, from Essex Police’s Economic Crime Unit, said: "He wasn't a billionaire at all, no. His bank account was overdrawn."

She told the court Bear charged $9.99 (£7.95) to view the video on his OnlyFans account, which had 1,061 subscribers.

He originally made £1,650.98 but this figure increased to £22,305.06 when his subscribers rose by 822 in the month before Georgia was made aware of the clip.

'GASLIGHTING'

Bear was previously told to pay Georgia £207,000 in damages for the leak on a "grand scale" after she took him to the High Court in a separate civil case.

He was also slapped with an injunction preventing him from using the footage again.

Master Victoria McCloud said at the time Bear had "gaslighted" Georgia by trying to convince her she was responsible for sharing the clip.

The judge also slammed the shamed star for using the leak as a springboard for his own porn career before he was jailed.

Georgia, who bravely waived her right to anonymity, said the leak was her "worst nightmare” and left her feeling “violated and used”.

She had begged Bear not to share the footage after he showed it to her as it would "upset her greatly".

Georgia was later airdropped the 20 minute clip and discovered it was being offered for pay-per-view on OnlyFans.

Bear had advertised the clip, writing: “Can’t wait to see me f*** in the garden.”

He was previously found guilty of voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.

Bear was released from prison in January after serving just ten months of his 21-month sentence.

Bear was released from prison in January, just 10 months into his sentence
Bear was released from prison in January, just 10 months into his sentenceCredit: The Mega Agency
Bear cruelly shared a sex tape of his Towie ex Georgia
Bear cruelly shared a sex tape of his Towie ex GeorgiaCredit: PA
He bought the tracksuits from Temu for £11.95
He bought the tracksuits from Temu for £11.95Credit: Temu

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